First of all, I have played legendary Diablo 2 when I was a kid, but never finished it. So I decided to finish the game and see the story. Then I was thinking, why not experience Diablo 1 first and see the how all began. I bought the game with Hellfire expansion and oh boy, I was not disappointed. Diablo 1 is really a great game. Since I was used to controls from Diablo 2, the game was familiar to me. Gameplay was really good, although I missed some of the QoL changes that were made for Diablo 2, for example: there is not chest in Diablo 1 so I had to put all my gold, potions and spells on the floor near Deckard Cain. Also the hero movement speed outside of the Tristram was really slow. But those are the only minor inconveniences, since overall experience was really good. The gearing and spell system is also interesting since every hero can equip anything and can cast spell but there are some limitations. For example: A Rogue may cast a spells but doesn't have mana pool as high as Sorcerer. A Warrior can equip a bow but can't shoot as fast as Rogue etc. I won't go into details but I'll say one thing: if you've played Diablo in the past or not, definitely grab it when it's on sale and try this old gem.
I bought Shogo: MAD since I played it as a kid back in 2002 or something. I wondered if the game will be as good as I remembered it, since I know nostalgia factor can play a big role in player's experience. Well I was pleasently surprised. The game was as much fun as the first time I played it. It is still hard, enemy NPC can one shot you many times, but I like that kind of challenge. Now it has some problems, first I couldn't run it in fullscreen, so used dgVoodoo2 wrapper, and it solved the problem. There were some crashes here and there, that also messed up my UI font in Windows 10. But I quickly fixed the problem. Despite those flaws, I really enjoyed the gameplay so much I can't rate it lower than 5 stars. It might not be everyone's cup of tea but if you've played it in the past or are a new player you will enjoy it, just have some patience. :)
After completing the DA:I storyline, I felt something was missing from my RPG experience. I really wanted to experience a good old school-style RPG like KOTOR I and II as I did in the past. So with a bit of research I've found this gem where I sunked 45 hrs. Jade Empire is a great old school RPG with asian theme. Basically it is set in fantasy China. As an apprentice you embark on a journey, fighting, making new friends, engaging in interesting dialogues etc. The strongest aspect of a game is dialogue and its options I'd say. There are good, evil and neutral choices. You can follow the way of the Closed Fist (evil) or Open Palm (good) wich are two philosophies. Those have an impact on the story. For me combat was a little bit cluncky, also character building but you get used to it. What kept me playing the game was the storyline. I will definitely replay it in the future. :)
